Round 3 of our Ultimate Law-Enforcement Crushes Tournament comes to an end with a showdown between two CBS dreamboats, and a battle starring a couple of gone-but-hardly-forgotten procedural protagonists.

The choices in front of you may cause you to curl up in the emotional fetal position, but it’s your duty as a TV-loving citizen to vote in the polls below, then alert your friends and neighbors to do the same! As part of our single-elimination competition, only eight law-enforcing hunks will advance to the quarterfinals.

Every afternoon over the next few weeks, we’ll launch another set of face-offs that will test the strength of your respective character crushes. So make sure the right choice is made by heading down to our polls to vote for your favorites (Round 3 voting will be open for 48 hours), and hit the comments to justify your picks.

Eventually, our battle will boil down to a finale that pits the ultimate old-school crime-fighter against the ultimate modern-day hero. (Their female counterparts will have their later this month.)

Ugh, I know, Gibbs vs. Hotch is the hardest match-up of them all :(
Both are so perfect, but I give Hotch a slight edge. Thing is though, don’t know if Hotch fans are fervent enough to beat Castle’s (Booth vs. Castle was intense); I suspect Gibbs would have a better chance of taking Castle down.
Decisions, decisions…

Easy choice: ‘Hotch’ over Gibbs. I like NCIS but Gibbs is so caveman sometimes and cold as an iceberg. I got Hotch anytime, he seen cold, but you can see he care. Gibbs is a great character but must of the time seen dead inside.

Hotch vs. Gibbs? I knew this tournament would produce some hard decisions, and this is one of them. In the end I had to cast my vote for Hotch (I love Gibbs, but more in a father-light than a crush-light).

I have adored Mark Harmon for 2 decades. That being said….Thomas Gibson all the way! C’mon Hotch fans, where are you? Stop asking Thomas for retweets and birthday wishes, and get your butts on here and vote!

This was definitely no contest. I mean Mark Harmon is infinitely the better one of the two. I mean his personality and his eyes are what sells him. The problem is Michael Weatherly against Mark Harmon. I mean that is just an evil decision!!!!!